[spokeshave]

Suppose new evidence conclusively proved that we were entering what would become a devastating ice age

Coming right up

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sunspot formation is triggered by a magnetic field, which scientists say is steadily declining. They predict that by 2016 there may be no remaining sunspots, and the sun may stay spotless for several decades.

The last time the sunspots disappeared altogether was in the 17th and 18th century, and coincided with a lengthy cool period on the planet known as the Little Ice Age.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news203746768.html#jCp

[Pollster1]

You sound like one of those crazy conservatives. An environmental science professor told me last year that I was a moron for believing that the sun could affect the weather from 93 million miles away.